Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

the process of identifying possible risks, developing ways of making their effects less serious, and sharing information about them: The goal of risk analysis is to uncover potential problems.

risk assessment, risk management

(Finance) a method of calculating how safe it is to lend money to a person, an organization or a country, or how safe an investment is: Risk analysis provides a framework for assessing loan requests.

'risk .arbitragenoun [u](Finance) the practice of using differences in prices in a market to try to make a profit, for example by buying shares in a company that is being taken over and at the same time selling shares in the company that is taking it over

a group of events that are part of a longer series: the latest round of meetings/trade talks о a new round of job cuts/tax cuts о He's through to the second round of interviews.

• verb

ПЕНЯ .round sth 'up/ down (to sth) to increase or decrease a number to the next highest or lowest whole number: 1980543 rounded up to 2 million о The price increases were caused by shops rounding up to the nearest euro.

rounding /'raundiq/ noun [U] the act of increasing or decreasing a number to the next highest or lowest whole number: Numbers don't add up to 100% because of rounding.

.round 'lotnoun [c]{Stock Exchange) the standard unit of trading on the stock market that often equals 100 shares: A round lot for an issue under CDN$1 is 500.

.round 'tablenoun [c, usually sing.] a group of people that meet to discuss sth at a conference, etc.; the meeting or discussion that takes place: a round table on energy strategies о a round-table discussion

.round 'trip noun [c.u] a journey to a place and back again: a 30-mile round trip to work о a round trip between New York and Chicago

route /ru:t; AmE also raut/ noun, verb

noun [C]

1 a fixed way along which a bus, train, plane, etc. regularly travels or goods are regularly sent: a bus/

(BrE) a plan or system for doing or organizing sth: a training/insurance scheme о a scheme for recycling plastic о Most employees will pay less tax under the new scheme. plan noun

to design/devise/draw up/propose/introduce/ operate a scheme

a plan for getting money or some other advantage for yourself, especially one that involves deceiving other people: an elaborate scheme to avoid taxes

.scheme of arrangementnoun [c] (BrE)(Law) a legal arrangement that is reached between a company that is unable to pay all its debts and its creditors and shareholders, in which the company will pay what it can

SCI /,es si: 'ai/ = single column inch

SCM /,es si: 'em/ = supply chain management

scope /skaup; AmEskoup/ noun [U]

2 the range of things that a subject, an organization, an activity, etc. deals with: Our

the flat surface at the front of a television, computer, mobile phone/cellphone, etc. on which you see pictures or information: Move your cursor to the top of the screen, о We have sold a lot of flat- screen TVs.

verb [+ obj]

1 (HR) to find out information about people who work or who want to work for you in order to make sure that they are suitable or that they can be trusted: We screen all job candidates carefully.

2 to check sth to see if it is safe or suitable to be used, seen, etc: We use an antivirus program to screen attachments, о Products are screened for their toxic effects.

[syn] vet

□ШП .screen 'out sb/sth if you screen out a